Adrenalectomy question

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Hello everyone,

I'm new here, have been reading posts for several hours. I've read

several months of posts and dived into the Files section. I hope you

will bear with me as I ask questions that have probably been asked

many times

I am scheduled for a right adrenalectomy on December 11th. All the

blood work, the 24-hour urine tests (2), and the CT scan all show

Conns.

I have been reading up on Conns for months now. There's lots of

information out there about what Conns is and how it is treated.

What concerns me the most at this point is what to expect after the

surgery (both immediately and long term). My nephrologist

says " overnight in the hospital, have the surgery on Thursday and

you'll probably be back to work on Monday " . The urological surgeon

says " 2-4 nights in the hospital and out of work for 2-3 weeks " . I

read somewhere on this Group, somewhere in the files, that one

should not expect to be back at work before a minimum of six weeks.

So much differing information! Oh, and it'll be laproscopic. I've

had four surgeries in the last 15 months and each ones recovery

period is longer (which is to be expected with all that anesthesia

and the wear/tear on my poor old body). It will be done at the

Cleveland Clinic and not my little local hospital (not that there's

anything wrong with local hospitals, but...) by a surgeon who

specializes in this area.

Neither one of the doctors are very forthcoming about information

regarding what happens after the surgery. Perhaps because they see

people a limited amount before/after the surgery? Perhaps because

they are concerned about legal matters? I don't know. I DO know that

the hysterectomy I had 4 months ago came with its own set of post-

surgical issues and I bet this is the same. I'd rather be

forewarned about what to look for that is or isn't good than what I

did after the hysterectomy.

So are there good links to current information? Will anyone share

with me problems/concerns/triumphs of post-surgical care? Will I

have to keep taking the spiro and K? I assume not... and if not, is

it an immediate stop? I hope so, I don't like the side effects of

the spiro (swollen painful breasts, which to someone who's had

estrogen receptive tumors in each breast is a scary thing) and I'm

looking forward to not having to take those huge horse pills (20MeQ

tablets). How often do they check your K levels after surgery?

I'm glad to have finally found this Group and I thank everyone in

advance who is willing to share information with me. I am assuming

that the brain fog I currently am experiencing is the reason I

didn't file you all sooner! So many questions, so little time...

LJ